- City:
- Gorman, TX
- Site Type:
- Stadiums, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built an athletic field in Gorman TX. A rock masonry fence with concrete coping encloses the athletic field. The fence is 8′-4″ tall and 12″ wide. The rock entrance and ticket booths with the plaque are dated 1938-1940. There is stadium seating on both sides of the field (unmarked, but appear to match).
Official Project No. 65-1-66-2823.
Source notes
Plaque on entrance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141324854@N04/sets/72157666112145850
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on July 15, 2018.
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